All about graffiti

Graffiti is a form of painting that defaces property that does not belong to the painter. It can be harmless, such as kids writing slogans on a bathroom wall, or it can be a threat of violence that is eventually carried out and meant to instill fear. Either way, graffiti is an illegal activity and any surface area free from constant vigilance can be a prime target for graffiti.

Trains as Targets of Graffiti

One of the biggest prime targets of graffiti are subway trains or elevated trains that are parked in areas overnight. They are easy targets for graffiti spray cans and paint that can be used to adhere to metal. In many cities, it is hard to find city trains that have not been victimized by graffiti.

Abandoned Buildings as Targets of Graffiti

Another big target for graffiti is an abandoned building. Any building that does not have tenants and is not closely watched can be a target for graffiti. Because they do not want to get caught defacing public property, graffiti artists usually will target abandoned buildings that are not under the watchful eye of the public.
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Graffiti prevention tactics include stiffer penalties for those caught defacing property with graffiti, forcing those who perpetrate graffiti to remove the defacement and even jail sentences. In Chicago, spray paint has been outlawed for over 10 years. Yet despite these prevention tactics, graffiti still exists. Surprisingly, suburbs surrounding the city of Chicago found that they were selling more spray paint than ever and this move did nothing to deter the graffiti.
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Using Graffiti As Art
If you take a closer look at the graffiti that seems to be everywhere in some cities, you will notice that while most graffiti is all about gang symbols; not of it isn’t. Graffiti very often also depicts drawings in addition to slogans. Very often, graffiti depicts life in the inner city and all the turmoil and struggles that go on. You will very often come across graffiti that is astoundingly artistic in nature, especially that which is done by air brush painting.
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One of the primary places for graffiti in the city is on city trains. Graffiti on trains is not as prevalent as it once was in the past because many trains are coated with a substance that does not allow the paint to adhere to the train. This has prevented a great deal of graffiti from occurring on trains in recent history.

Throughout history, one of the biggest targets for graffiti was city trains. Watch any older movie and you will see elevated trains rumbling through the city covered with graffiti. This was normally done as a way to make an expression. Early graffiti on trains was not related to gangs, but a form of vandalism. Swear words and even names were put on these trains.
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Removing graffiti usually entails using paint thinner or turpentine as a removal substance. The type of substance that you use to remove graffiti depends on the extent of the graffiti as well as the paint or product that was used to create the graffiti in the first place. Graffiti is usually created with the use of spray paint. If the damage is extensive, you might have to hire a professional who will use spray chemicals to remove the graffiti damage.
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Some odd incidents of graffiti damage are often reported to the police and are deemed as crimes because they have defaced property but have not caused permanent damage. In most odd graffiti incidents, the graffiti was the work of pranksters and not those who want to do serious harm.

True graffiti has been around for a long time. Since there was spray paint, there have been those who have used that spray paint to paint on buildings and other pieces of property that do not belong to them. While there is an increase of gang graffiti as well as hate graffiti that has many people as well as law enforcement concerned, odd incidents of graffiti are often looked upon as pranks.
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